Oh the play set...will it ever be content?

I think we've worked on this thing 500 times! Between the tarp replacements, the slide, the painting...I wonder if the thing will ever be content! Hopefully the neighbors didn't see me climbing up the ladder and then going down the slide. I'm sure that was a sight first off but when I climbed up it again later on the regular ladder and got stuck because I couldn't get my middle to cooperate to get down...ya, not cute! My sister about died laughing! 

It's a girl reveal!

When your husband is a Sensei you have his karate kids help you plan surprises...and let me tell you they get into and love every minute. Especially, when they get to do the whole class with balloons tied to their belts!

Trip home

Last weekend we went to visit my grandparents in my hometown. We don't get to visit then as often as we'd like but we try to make it fun when we do. I took them a freezer full of homemade freezer meals made from the recipes of my grandmas favorite chef on the cooking channel, Pioneer Woman. Ironically, our high school name is Pioneer. Anyway, Alexander got to eat all my favorite stuff, eat Papaw's homemade popcorn, Mamaw took him to see the donkeys and get ice cream, he rode in the back if Papaw's truck, saw our old church, and finished the day eating at a hot dog stand and drinking yummy rootbeer from a cold frosty mug in the car with the tray hanging off the window. Doesn't get better than that!  

Week 12

Week 12 has finally arrived. I'm nearly over the hump of having nausea and/or aversions to things but I think it will be another couple of weeks before it's gone 100%. I was able to celebrate today by throwing away all the left over progesterone I had and putting away the baby aspirin. I've never been so happy to just take one pill a day! One of our friends made a snarky comment on Sunday during lunch about the bottles of meds that were on the counter. I refrained from punching him in the throat at least. We should find out very soon the results of our first trimester screening which will include gender. I've been trying to come up with fun ways to tell Ricardo since the Dr. will call me about the results. Hmmm...I'll have to spend some time on Pinterest for that one I think. Darn!

Love Note

Alexander came home yesterday with what I would call a love note in his bag. Oh yes, a love note. It was romantically written on an envelope too.